On 5/12/2011 cruze wrote:>On 5/12/2011 davidn wrote:>>Do you need a certificate to swim too?>>Even individuals with millions of hours of chimney access work have difficulties>abseilling.>>"I can feel the magic"..."C'mon kids sing louder!">>http://youtu.be/s9Qg39Fvg1c

On 5/12/2011 davidn wrote:>Do you need a certificate to swim too?
There have been swimming certificates around for donkey's years. Even I used to have some for failing to drown myself in Wycheproof's 25 metre pool.

On 5/12/2011 davidn wrote:>Yeah, I know they *have* certificates to swim, but would you want to have>one before you went in the pool by yourself?

If I had never been to the pool/beach/lake/dam before and I didn't have anybody to show me how to do it then yes. I would definitely want somebody certified to teach to certify me before I went in alone

On 8/12/2011 cjradloff76 wrote:>the dates have been set for the meeting.>>its the 4/1 or the 18/1 (5/1 or 19/1)

would be good if the helpers nail one of those.>>ive got extra slings and biners and sling tape and pulleys.

make sure you use them. dont let the helpers talk you out of it.>>the traverse will take place sometime in feburary>>cheers
post a trip repot even if the helpers do because would be good to get your opinion.

On 5/12/2011 cjradloff76 wrote:>looks like everyone is ready. well i am. i did my abseiling at KP on saturday>and it has been a rousing success. there where teething issues but i got>over them.>>now the next step. they ran out of time doing the assessment so ive got>my rigging pass but i cant abseil yet because i dont have my certifcate.>now the next step. get the nesseray gear for the traverse line and do>my abseiling.>more pictures to come.

C'mon shortman, that's hardly a Trip Report!
I want to hear about the butterflies in the stomach, the overcoming of fear, the sexy instructors, the abseil device Clinton eventually decided to buy, and why he chose shorts instead of trakkydaks! (ww&s is bereft of a peer in the ragtrade tradclothinggame now! Heh, heh, heh.)

... ~> and if that is a taste of the dream-team trip report to come, then I will be looking for a refund of my popcorn!
;-)

yeh i went really well. im hoping to be okay for thursday night social climbing. i had a inflamed knee last night. not really that bad now. i found another good site with plenty of height its just out of Rathdowney on the Lions Road. i cant upload the pictures because they are too large. you can camp there for free. it has a little bit of rock but i think i backs on to private land. a little flowing creek crossing. ill see if i can get any responses on qurank in relation to this area

I have spoken to Clinton and have arranged to go to Stradbroke Island to look at his gorge and the feasibility for constructing a Tyrolean there for him to use. If you are free and interested in making the journey to Brisbane to help and maybe stop in at frog? Then please put forward some dates in February that work for you.

On 16/12/2011 Steve Peckman wrote:>Dear Dream Team
(snip) >Then please put forward some dates in February that work for you. >
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